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Registration Form
This form is to, use In nominating or requesting determinations of eligibility Y''^^'T^Z' ! TTi^S^ n ^^<<0
(Form 10-900a). Type all entries.
1 . Name ot Property
historic name East Ravp.nauci nd Historic Disrricr:
other names/site number
streetThumterRnnghlv houn ^H hv T.awrPnrP Clark Trying P a r>U"°' '^ P ublic ^
citv. town Chicago . and Ravpnswood l=J £
county Conk
state Illinois
code IL
code 031
zip code60613
3. Classification
Ownership of Property
PH private
[X] public-local
I I public-State
I I public-Federal
Category of Property
I I building(s)
[XT] district
I I site
I I structure
I I object
Contributing
15-38
Number of Resources within Property
Noncontributing
136 buildings
sites
structures
objects
136 Total
1538
Name of related multiple property listing:
N/A
Number of contributing resources previously
listed in the National Register 1
4. State/Federal Agency Certification
As the designated authority under the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966, as amended, I hereby certify that this
SI nomination □ request for determination of eligibility meets the documentation standards for registering properties in the
National Register of Historic Places and meets the procedural and professional requirements set forth in 36 CFR Part 60.
In my opinion, the property [2! meets Ddoes not meet the National Register criteria. Usee continuation sheet.
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Date
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State or Federal agency and bureau
In my opinion, the property □ meets Ddoes not meet the National Register criteria. Dsee continuation sheet.
Signature of commenting or other official
State or Federal agency and bureau
5. National Park Service Certification
I, hereby, certify that this property is:
D entered in the National Register.
| | See continuation sheet.
□ determined eligible for the National
Register. D See continuation sheet.
1 I determined not eligible for the
National Register.
j 1 removed from the National Register.
□ other, (explain:)
Signature of the Keeper
Date of Action
6. Function or Use
Historic Functions (enter categories from instructions)
Domestic/single dwelling
Domestic/multiple dwelling
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Industry/manufacturing f acility
Commerce/ specia lty store
Current Functions (enter categories from instructions)
Domestic/ single dwelling
Domestic/multiple dwelling
Indus try /manufacturing facility
Commerce/ specialty store
7. Description
Architectural Classification
(enter categories from instructions)
Queen Anne
Neo-classical Revival
Bungalow/Craftsman
Materials (enter categories from instructions)
foundation Limestone
wa ii s Brick
Wea therboard
roof
Asphalt"
Stone
Terra cotta
Describe present and historic physical appearance.
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SUMMARY
Th° East Ravenswood Historic District occupies a site six miles
north of the Chicago Loop and about a mile west of Lake Michigan.
The north side of Chicago is geologically an old lake bottom, which
explains its extreme flatness. Two sandy spits rise slightly from
this surface - Rosehill spit and Graceland spit, both names of two
historic cemeteries that chose the sandy, relatively high terrain
for burial grounds. Just west of Graceland spit the land grew into
evergreen forests, which made it perfect for suburban development.
Further east and south, the flat, treeless land lent itself to the
rapidly burgeoning growth of the metropolis. The site upon which
Ravenswood grew was called Cedar Lawn because of the evergreen
woods. The district is primarily residential in nature, with
corridors of commerce and industry along major transportation
routes. Institutions such as schools and churches are
interspersed. Buildings of two and three stories, many on raised
basements, oredominate. The buildings generally date from 1880 to
1 929, and are divided between frame and masonry. The single family
homes tend to be frame, while the multi-family buildings, most or
which are later, are of brick. The architectural styles are
extremely diverse, reflecting the type of building, socio-economic
factors, development pressures and prevailing architectural tastes.
There are many fine examples of stylistic transitions from farm
house vernacular, picturesque, classical revival and eclectic, to
modern design such as Prairie School. Residential building types
range from cottages and two flats to large sprawling homes and
large apartment buildings. The relationship of buildings to their
sites and lot lines varies considerably, but setbacks tend to be
fairly uniform for a given area, ranging from 15 to 25 feet.
BOUNDARIES
Identifying the boundaries of the East Ravenswood Historic District
began with an analysis of the historic boundaries as defined by_ Oie
early subdivisions, and the continuing community perceived
boundaries, which were a result of community identification and
development as recorded in newspapers. Secondly, an analysis Oi
the significance and historic themes of the neighborhood provided
a base from which to compare and contrast the visual study of the
building stock to determine what remains today that manifests the
community's history. Thirdly, an overall review of the integrity,
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condition and visual cohesion of the remaining cultural resources
determined the final boundaries.
The original Ravenswood subdivision of 1868 consisted of 194 acres
bounded roughly by present day Lawrence on the north, Montrose on
the south, Clark on the east and Damen on the west. Subsequent
additions to the subdivision through 1890, which brought it to 360
acres, extended the boundaries to Berteau on the south and Leavitt
on the west, while retaining the Lawrence and Clark boundaries.
Newspaper accounts were reviewed for later reports of Ravenswood
boundaries. There were several reports of Ravenswood "s retail area
on Irving Park and in 1929 the boundaries were reported as Winnemao
on the north, Irving Park on the south, Clark on the east and
Lincoln on the west. Clearly, the perceived neighborhood of
Ravenswood had expanded. In 1958 it was reported as Lawrence
Irving Park, Clark and Ravenswood. By 1979, the North Side Real
Estate Board's Ravenswood Community Guide gave the boundaries as
Bryn Mawr, Irving Park, Clark and the Chicago River. The eastern
portion of the area currently and popularly known as Ravenswood
comprises most of the original Ravenswood development. A portion
of it to the west of Ravenswood Avenue has lost integrity c.ue
mostly to the infringement of Ravenswood Hospital. For this
reason, the district is most clearly identified as East Ravenswooa.
From the historic background as discussed in Section 8, related
areas of the district were identified. Mam transportation
corridors are Clark Street, an early historic road that is
primarily commercial from Lawrence south to Montrose and borders
Graceland Cemetery from Montrose south to Irving Park; Irving Park,
which is also commercial historically and has served as a retail
area to Ravenswood; Lincoln Avenue, of mixed commercial nature and
Lawrence, a commercial street that begins to tie in to the Uptown
community. Within these boundaries, Montrose, also primarily a
business street, bisects the north and south areas of the district.
Thl Chicago and Northwest Railroad tracks, parallel to Ravenswood
Avenue, provide both the most historically important transportation
corridor and the industrial area linked to it. Dispersed around
the transportation corridors, light industry and business center
are the residential areas, with both early 50 x 156 lots and
subsequent subdivisions of those lots into 25- segments In the
residential areas are the early elegant single family homes and
cottaqes, and the two-flats and multi-family dwellings dating from
the turn-of-the-century. While very few pubs and bars are to be
found in Ravenswood, there is, on practically every block, a school
or church signifying the importance of these institutions to the
community .
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The historical and visual review of the total area indicates a
solid boundary on Clark Street on the east, where it abuts the
Sheridan Park Historic District between Lawrence and Montrose, and
the Graceland Cemetery from Montrose south to Irving Park. On the
south, Irving Park is also a historical and visual boundary of
businesses bordering the residential streets to the north. On the
north border, Lawrence seems a natural boundary since north of it,
visual cohesion is lost as new development has encroached and
building lots and setbacks are different.
West of the industrial corridor of Ravenswood Avenue, there is no
clear line of demarcation. While visual inspection reveals a high
degree of integrity in buildings to the east of Ravenswood, the
areas to the west are spotty, and have been subject to post World
War II development. For this reason, East Ravenswood was chosen
as the western boundary. Since the industrial corridor was
considered a crucial historic theme, the most intact portion - East
Ravenswood from Montrose south to Irving Park - was included in
the district. From Montrose north, the industrial corridor has
lost sufficient integrity, so the boundary proceeds behind those
buildings. In all areas, visual cohesion and integrity were
reviewed while keeping in mind the representation of extant
buildings of all economic levels that are good examples of their
type and historic link.
STREETSCAPES , MATERIALS & SCALE
The North-South streets of Ravenswood are a continuation of the
existing Chicago grid, as they proceed north from Lakeview. Clark
Street departs from this grid, as it is a prehistoric trail
following the sandy ridge of Graceland spit slightly to the
northwest. Many of the east-west streets carry the names, or did
oriqinally, of the owners of the Ravenswood Land Company. For
instance, Wilson Avenue was named for John M. Wilson, President of
the company and Lei and Avenue for Cyrus Leland.
There are three street widths in the district, the most common
being 75'. The two wider streets are Irving Park as a ma^or east-
west thoroughfare, and Ashland as north-south, which are 100" wide.
To the east of Ashland, however, are found narrower east-west
streets, including Irving Park which narrows to 60'. All of the
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shorter east-west streets are 60' east of Ashland and south of
Montrose, which reflects a later addition to the original plat.
The original lot sizes, on 75' streets were 50' X 156' with
setbacks of about 35'. As the subdivision grew, many lots were
divided into 25' widths, and a 25' setback became the norm. This
setback still holds for much of the district, and is fairly uniform
along Paulina and Hermitage. Ashland, due to the widening of the
street, now has setbacks of only about 10'. Changes in the zoning
ordinance in 1923 allowed for closer proximity of residential
buildings so the setbacks of later apartment buildings m the
district are almost nothing. Along Ravenswood Avenue, industries
had to observe zoning restrictions to preserve the scale of the
community by setting back buildings, but these setbacks^ have
disappeared as Ravenswood Avenue was widened and the railroad
tracks raised in about 1910.
The scale of the district is very homogenous, as there are
virtually no high rise buildings, and only a few over three stories
on a raised basement. These include a few four story apartment
buildings and the Deagan building on Ravenswood Avenue with five
stories on a raised basement, plus a tower. Commercial buildings
tend to be one or two floors, or retail ground floor with two
floors of apartments above. Single family homes set the scale for
building size in the district since the 1880 's, with institutional
buildings such as churches and schools being somewhat larger, but
still fitting in. Imposing church towers have always been a
welcome sight in the community. The similar building sizes have
tended to lend a harmonious nature to the district despite
stylistic and building type diversity.
The materials found in the district are typical of their time
period and location. The larger single family homes and the
cottages are of frame construction, often with turned or otherwise
decorative woodwork - 2 , 4 or 6 flats and larger apartment
buildings, are built mostly of brick, with some stone. Since many
of these were built from 1910 through the 1920 's, there are many
types of decorative and variegated brick represented. The older
areas of the city of Chicago tended to be built with the standard
red brick from the brick yards along the Chicago River. As those
quarries were depleted round the turn of the century, brick making
became popular, along with gold, orange and mottled colors, with
many different textures. Examples of all of these can be found m
Ravenswood. Foundations are generally stone, in different types
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of limestone. Limestone was also used prolifically for contrasting
trim lintels, sills and belt courses, as well as more decorative
trim. With the proximity of Northwest Terra Cotta Company along
the river on the north side of Chicago, terra cotta became quite
popular for embellishment, often hard to distinguish from stone.
It was, at the time, less expensive to manufacture and could be
used to create wildly fantastic designs.
RTTTT.nTNG STOCK
The district is laid out primarily as a rectangle with the long
side on the north-south axis, with four major streets - Greenview
Ashland, Paulina and Hermitage. They form long "ocks bisected by
alleys, so that most buildings face outward onto these streets.
The East-West commercial streets offer some exception to .this
Irving Park, Montrose and Lawrence. These streets emphasize the
sides of buildings and between block buildings that face north and
south. Southeast of Montrose and Greenview where _ Clark Stree.
flares off to the southeast, long east-west residential blocks are
formed, perpendicular to the north-south blocks west of Greenview
These blocks represent some of the most homogenous areas of .he
district, comprised of single family homes and small multi-family
buildings only, with often most of a particular street having been
built within a decade.
The various types of residential structures are dispersed through-
out the district fairly evenly. While there are more single family
homes than any other type, about 30% of the residential buildings
are two, four and six flats, obviously built for speculation during
the time following the introduction of the elevated tram into
Ravenswood when it was growing rapidly. These small multi-family
buildings were built from 1905-1920, of stone or brick. Many two
flats were built from 1907-1910 in pairs. They are »«ror images
of each other, each with a bay. The four and six f lets are the
same type of building, only joined together. They all tend to have
refined classical revival entrances and detailing. After 1910 bay
windows become sun porches, the smooth stone or *" c) c becomes
variegated, and the building forms become simpler and squared off,
losing extra bays and irregular shapes.
The homogenous scale of the district was helped by the z °ning "de
of 1923, which required fireproof construction for buildings of
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four or more stories. So most buildings, even the, larger apartment
Gildings, continued to build with th«e Towefer ,° "ta^onl
pafSllsiifillii
nineteen courtyard apartment buildings ir .the ^^^^^
street ^f^ ut th^ same nu^er^ condor apartment
buddings, vMch tend to feature the most ornate decoration.
in 1925 Sears Roebuck and Company located on La "J^ ^ e ™ e ' s ^?
scattered commercial establishments an I served to ^"^J*^
for commercial use. It provided an impetus f £ *urt^ r se .
brick, deco ornament and often terra cotta embellishment.
CONDITION. TNTEGFTTY AND INTRUS IONS
.,„+. <-j4- no rt "The Beautiful Country Near Chicago"
^l^h°ed\rth" et Chic t ag:^nT Northwestern Railroad described
Ravenswood thus :
"Ravenswood is a very desireable ^ff^J^^
now within the northern limits of Chicago. The
improvements include all that are P°f*£***}**
modern city. The streets are broad and beautifully
*=*la and the oretty residences are surrounded by
|pac?ous ifwns? fleers and shrubbery. The splendid
schools are the outgrowth of early and complete
g There are many churches and numerous
societies and clubs. In the business district
scores of every variety afford convenient marketing.
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An elevated track system, reducing the running time
of all Chicago and Northwestern trains gives to
Ravenswood unsurpassed service, the six-mile
distance being quickly annihilated."
The institutional buildings in the district are historically on
corners, and remain so today. The architecture of these churches
and schools varies with the construction dates, and while the
schools are exclusively brick, the churches range from frame and
stucco to brick and stone. Most of the churches have attached
rectories which even when built at a later time, blend in
sympathetically to the style and period of the church. Additions
to the schools are in keeping with scale, materials and design
also.
The district's industrial buildings are all located on Ravenswood,
along the east side of the railroad tracks from Montrose south to
Irving Park Road. They are all brick, built in the early twentieth
century. Stylistically, they are simple but display the excellent
brick work of Chicago's north side masons. They are also
embellished with stone and terra cotta, similar designs to those
on commercial and apartment buildings of the time.
This description still suits Ravenswood to a large degree today.
The setting is still very much the same, even though about one-
third of the single family homes were replaced with multi-family
buildings between 1900 and 1930. The scale of the buildings has
been retained however, though more were built of masonry in this
period, replacing frame homes.
As early as 1958, Ravenswood was designated as a conservation area
by the city, which made landowners eligible for federal loans for
rehabilitation and renovation of properties and new construction.
It was a move by the community to prevent deterioration like that
of other north side communities. Fortunately, no demolition was
undertaken by this program, although many of the renovation
projects were not of a historic quality. The siding on many of the
frame houses was added during this time. Also, porches were
repaired and often altered, and in some cases windows were changed.
Occasionally, enlargements were made. There were more of these
changes made to the frame single family homes than to multi-family
structures and larger apartment buildings.
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The general condition of the buildings in the district is very
good. While some building trim and a few cornices have been lost,
there are few buildings in a state of deterioration. Many could
use repointing of masonry or repainting, however. Due to the
continued stability of the neighborhood, there are almost no
vacancies. Ravenswood never experienced the chaotic changes and
deterioration of other areas along the lake - it has remained
essentially a stable middle class neighborhood. A reporter writing
in November of 1986 said that "Ravenswood is a neighborhood that
has preserved its past while building a future." That future is
including a lot of present day rehabilitation, most of which
involves removal of synthetic siding and replacement of historic
materials and trim, thereby returning greater integrity to the
district.
Community revitalization of Ravenswood has also led to recent new
infill construction. Fortunately, this construction has been in
the form of town homes, mostly frame construction, that fit into
the scale and setting of the district. In a few instances, such
as 4611 and 4615 North Hermitage, these homes are stylistically
difficult to discern from their "original" neighbors. There are
no intrusive buildings in the district that compromise the size,
scale, materials or setting of Ravenswood. The apartment buildings
constructed between 1960 - 1975 are fairly evenly distributed
throughout the district, while not stylistically in keeping, are
not high rises and are confined to about 12 units as the largest.
There is one large recent development of townhomes that, while the
individual buildings are sympathetic, is intrusive in its entirety.
This development was built on vacant land on the east side of
Wilson Avenue between Hermitage and Paulina, and takes up about
half a block. It consists of 18 separate 3 story townhomes, built
of frame construction with "Prairie" style trim. Buried in the
middle of the district, these and other newer buildings do not
compromise the level of integrity that exists for this highly
distinct and historic neighborhood as a whole.
Judgements of integrity were made based on visual inspection, with
assistance from the 1983-84 survey by the Commission on Chicago
Landmarks. Contributing resources are significant to the district
because they possess historic integrity and reflect the character
of the district during its period of significance. Non-
contributing resources either lack the architectural integrity
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necessary to convey the ambiance of the period of significance, or
were constructed after the period of significance of the district.
There are 1726 buildings within the district, including 650
garages. of the total 1726 buildings, there are 136 non-
contributing buildings including 37 garages. The total number of
contributing buildings is 1590 with a total of 977 contributing
non-garage buildings.
Sixty-one percent of the non-contributing buildings were built
after 1940. Others have lost their integrity through the addition
of synthetic siding that has changed the character of the building,
through structural and window changes and/or obtrusive additions.
Some of the non-contributing buildings could potentially be
contributing by the removal of inappropriate siding and the return
of characteristic details.
In the following section, all buildings in the district are listed
by address. The date given is for the main building at the
address, with the garages listed by number only. The main building
is always counted in the contributing or - non-contributing list,
which shows that total number of contributing and non-contributing
buildings for each address.
One property, 4532-58 North Clark Street, is currently listed in the
National Register of Historic Places as a contributing building in
the Sheridan Park Historic District.
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BUILDING LIST
STREET
ADDRESS
DATE
GARAGE
CONTRIBUTING
ASHLAND
4001-43
1915
1
4010-12
1927
1
4014
1908
1
2
4016
1908
1
2
4020-22
1914
1
2
4024-26
1926
1
4030
1902
1
2
4032
1902
1
2
4034-40
1925
1
4046
Ca
1965
4047-59
19
38/1938
1
4107-11
1921
1
2
4106
Ca
1890
1
2
4110-12
1912
1
2
4113
1910
1
2
4118-20
1920
1
2
4119
1908
1
4122
1915
1
2
4123
1895
1
.2
4124
1897
1
2
4125-27
Ca
1890
2
2
4128
1898
1
2
4133
1
4130-36
1911
2
3
4137-39
1922
1
1
4141
1925
1
2
4142
1
1
4143
Ca
1900
1
2
4144-48
1902
2
3
4145-49
1906
2
3
4151
1915
1
2
4152
1903
1
2
4157
1908
1
4159
1908
1
2
4200-06
1927
1
4201-07
Ca
1915
1
4209
1923
1
2
NON-CONTRIBUTING
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ASHLAND (cont.)
4212
Ca
1905
1
4213
1906
1
4214
1905
1
4216
1905
1
4217
1906
1
4219
1903
1
4220-
22
1929
4223
1915
1
4224
Ca
1965
4227
1906
1
4229
1915
1
4230
1916
1
4232
1915
1
4233
Ca
1965
4236
1907
■1
4237
1915
1
4240
Ca
1905
1
4239
1915
1
4242
1899
4244
Ca
1900
1
4245
Ca
1915
1
4246
1
4247-
59
1916
4300-
04
1924
4309
1925
1
4308-
12
1923
4311
Ca
1905
1
4313
1907
1
4314
1905
1
4316
1905
1
4317
Ca
1910
1
4319
1909
1
4321
1909
1
4322
1896
4324
1
4327
4326
1
4329
1916
1
4331-
-33
1915
1
4332
1909
1
GARAGE CONTRIBUTING NON-CONTRIBUTING
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
1
2
1
1
2
1
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
2
1
2
2
2
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DATE GARAGE CONTRIBUTING - NON -CONTRIBUTING
ASHLAND (cont.)
4334-42
1896
4
5
4335
1894
1
2
4339
Ca 1900
1
2
4341
Ca 1915
1
2
4343
Ca 1915
1
2
4346
1895
1
2
4348-52
Ca 1920
1
4349-57
Ca 1920
1
4400-12
1917
1
4405
Ca 1905
1
2
4409
Ca 1905
1
2
4411
1903
1
2
4415
1903
1
2
4417
1925
1
2
4420-22
1921
1
2
4423
Ca 1970
4425-27
1925
1
4428-38
1924
1
4437
Ca 1900
1
1
4440-48
1925
1
4443
1897
1
2
4447
Ca 1900
1
2
4450-52
1914
1
2
4451-57
1913
1
2
4500-06
1927
1
4501-03
1901
1
4509
Ca 1900
1
4510-18
1924
1
4513
Ca 1900
1
2
4515-17
1909
1
2
4519-21
1909
1
2
4522
1901
1
4526
1900
1
2
4525-27
1897
1
2
4531-33
1923
1
4532
1895
1
2
4534
Ca 1895
1
2
4535
1899
1
2
4537
1899
1
2
4538
Ca 1895
1
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DATE GARAGE CONTRIBUTING NON- CONTRIBUTING
ASHLAND (cont.)
4541
1906
4542
1
4543
1906
1
2
4544-
50
Ca
1920
1
4547
1906
1
2
4551
1902
1
4600-
06
1924
1
4601-
13
1
4610
1
4615-
27
1927
1
4616
1961
4622
1895
2
3
4624-
26
1922
1
2
4631-
33
4630-
32
1925
1
4641-
43
1905
1
4700-
06
Ca
1970
4710
Ca
1900
1
2
4714
1907
1
2
4716
1907
1
4720
Ca
1900
1
2
4724
Ca
1900
1
2
4728
Ca
1900
1
2
4732
Ca
1890
1
4734
Ca
1920
1
2
4738
1904
1
2
4740
1903
1
2
4742
1903
1
2
4746
1903
1
2
4748
1903
1
2
4752
1903
1
2
4754
1903
1
2
4758
Ca
1903
1
BELLE PLAINE
1400-
-02
1898
1
1407-
-09
1910
1
2
1408
1907
1
2
1410
1910
1
2
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DATE GARAGE CONTRIBUTING NON-CONTRIBUTING
BELLE
PLAINE (cont.)
1411
1909
1
2
1412
1910
1
2
1413
1909
1
2
1415-
17
Ca
1912
1
1414-
18
1900
1
2
1419
1899
1
2
1420-
22
1898
1
2
1423
1898
1
2
1426
1922
1
1427
1895
1
2
1430
1923
1
1433
Ca
1895
2
3
1434
1905
1
2
1437-
39
1962
1438
1925
2
1442
1895
1
2
1443-
45
1903
2
3
1446
1894
1
2
1447-
49
1919
1
2
1450
Ca
1910
1
2
1451-
53
Ca
1900
1
2
1452
1
1454
1908
1
2
1455
1900
1
2
1457
1900
1
2
1458
1922
1
2
1459-
-61
Ca
1915
1
2
1460
1893
1
2
1468
Ca
1895
1
1472
Ca
1895
1
1476
Ca
1895
1
1518-
-26
1929
1
1600-
-08
1902
1
2
1601
1901
1
1603
1901
1
1607
1901
1
1609
1901
1
1613
1901
1
1615
1901
1
1618
-20
Ca
1912
1
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DATE
GARAGE
CONTRIBUTING
BELLE PLAINE (cont.)
1619-
25
Ca
1980
1627-
35
Ca
1980
1700-
10
1954
1
1711-
13
Ca
1924
1
1715
Ca
1890
1
2
1718-
24
Ca
1960
1725
1906
1
2
1746-
56
1
1755-
57
Ca
1909
1
BERTEAU 14 04-
06
1915
1
1409
1896
1
1410
1912
1
1411
1896
1
2
1412
1920
1
2
1413
1896
1
2
1415
1898
1
2
1416
1902
1
2
1417
1906
1
2
1419
1920
1
2
1420
1916
1
2
1422
1911
1
2
1423-
-25
1895
1
2
1424
Ca
1905
1
2
1427
1896
1
2
1428
1908
1
1431
1896
1
2
1432
1906
1
2
1433
1436
1897
1
2
1437
Ca
1915
1
2
1438
1910
1
1441
Ca
1920
1
1442
Ca
1900
1
1443
Ca
1908
1
1445
Ca
1908
1
2
1446
1920
1
2
1447
Ca
1910
1
2
1449
Ca
1910
1
NON-CONTRIBUTING
1
1
2
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DATE GARAGE CONTRIBUTING -NON ^CONTRIBUTING
BERTEAU (cont.)
1453
Ca
1910
1
2
1454
1898
1
2
1452
Ca
1910
1
2
1456-58
1923
1
2
1457
Ca
1905
1
2
1459
Ca
1905
1
2
1515
1
1516-28
Ca
1920
1
2
1519
Ca
1910
1
2
1601-15
1908
1
1604-06
1920
1
1612
1905
1
1614
1905
1
1621
Ca
1900
1
1620-34
Ca
1965
1718-30
1949
1721
1894
1
2
1725
1895
1
1729
1895
1
1751-59
Ca
1920
1
1750-56
Ca
1920
1
2
1762-74
1910
1
CLARK 414 2
1
4144
1
4146-54
1
4200-08
1915
1
4220-26
1937
1
4300-08
1926
1
4338-40
Ca
1925
1
4400-04
1905
1
4410-12
1913
4414
1914
1
2
4416
1921
1
4418-20
Ca
1922
1
4424-28
Ca
1925
1
4430-38
Ca
1928
1
4440-48
Ca
1930
1
4500-06
1922
1
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CLARK
cont.)
4512-
30
DATE
GARAGE
CONTRIBUl
ING
4532-
58
1922
1
CULLOM
1423-
25
1926
1
1424-
26
Ca
1925
1
1429
1929
1
2
1432
1902
1
2
1434
1902
1
2
1435
1916
1
2
1437
1916
1
1438
1902
1
2
1440
1902
1
1441
1909
1
2
1442
1924
1
2
1444
1908
1
2
1445
1904
1
1448
1901
1
1449
1909
1
2
1450
1901
1
1452
1909
1
2
1453
Ca
1905
1
2
1455
Ca
1905
1
2
1456
1908
1
2
1459
1904
1
2
1460
1895
1
2
1461
1909
1
2
1462
Ca
1900
1
2
1464
1914
1
2
1465
Ca
1915
1
1468
Ca
1900
1
2
1500-
-10
1916
1
1501-
-15
1961
1518
Ca
1910
1
2
1511-
-25
Ca
1920
1
2
1522
Ca
1905
1
1526
Ca
1905
1
1528-
-32
1939
1
1601
1897
1
1602-
-10
Ca
1920
1
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East Ravenswood Historic District
DATE GARAGE CONTRIBUTING NON-CONTRIBUTING
CULLOM (cont.)
1605
1897
1
1609
1897
1
1611
1897
1
2
1614-
16
1894
1
1615
1897
1
2
1620-
30
Ca
1920
1
1635
1751
Ca
1890
1
1758
1914/49
1
2
1762
1906
1
1763
1895
1
1764
1
1765
1897
1
1767
1895
1
1771
1773
1897
1
1775
1897
1
1770-
76
Ca
1920
1
CUYLER 14 02-
02
Ca
1925
1
1401-
03
1911
1
1408
1895
1
1409
1895
1
1412
Ca
1955
1413
1901
1
1415-
-17
1915
2
1416
Ca
1928
1
1420
1903
1
1421
1918
1
1423
1921
1
1424
1924
1
2
1425-
-27
1926
1
2
1428
1924
1
2
1430
Ca
1915
1
1431-
-33
1897
1
2
1434-
-36
1899
1
2
1435
Ca
.1900
1
1437
Ca
1900
1
1440
1897
1
2
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East Ravenswood Historic District
DATE
GARAGE CONTRIBUTING NON-CONTRIBUTING
CUYLER (cont.)
1441-43
1908
1
2
1442
1897
1
1444
Ca
1920
1
1445
Ca
1910
1
2
1446
Ca
1920
1
2
1447
1894
1
1451
Ca
1920
1
2
1452
1921
1
2
1454
1897
1
2
1455-57
1901
1
2
1456
1897
1
1458
1909
1
1460
1909
1
1461
Ca
1955
1463
1893
1
2
1467-69
1897
1
1470
Ca
1920
1
GREENVIEW 4000-56
1906
1
4001-03
1901
1
4007
1900
1
2
4009
Ca
1900
1
4013
1894
1
2
4019
1897
1
2
4023-25
1897
1
4035-37
1921
1
4039
1897
1
2
4043
1924
1
2
4045
1918
1
2
4049-53
1924
2
3
4055-59
1895
1
2
4100-06
1945
4107-09
1
2
4108
1897
1
4112
1897
1
2
4113-15
1925
1
2
4116
1911
1
2
4117
1
2
4122
1
2
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East Ravenswood Historic District
DATE GARAGE CONTRIBUTING NON-CONTRIBUTING
GREENVIEW (cont.)
4125
2
3
4126
1894
2
3
4130-
32
1899
1
2
4135-
37
1897
1
4136
Ca
1900
1
2
4141-
43
1909
1
2
4142
Ca
1900
1
4144
1901
1
2
4145-
47
1914
1
2
4148
1901
1
2
4151-
53
1895
1
2
4152
1895
1
2
4155
1895
1
4158
1905
1
2
4200
Ca
1895
1
2
4201
1912
1
2
4204
1895
1
2
4207
1
2
4210
1916
1
2
4211
1
1
4216
1897
1
2
4217
1
2
4222
1
2
4223
1925
1
4226
1901
1
2
4230
1913
1
2
4232
1913
1
2
4235
1
2
4236
1911
1
4237
Ca
1915
1
2
4240
1911
1
2
4243
1912
1
2
4244
1911
1
4245
1912
1
2
4248
1940
1
2
4249
Ca
1915
1
2
4255
Ca
1950
4257-
-59
Ca
1950
4301
Ca
1970
1
4305
1901
1
2
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National Park Service
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Continuation Sheet
Section number .
Page.
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East Ravenswood Historic District
DATE GARAGE CONTRIBUTING NON-CONTRIBUTING
GREENVIEW (cont.)
4307
Ca
1900
1
2
4308
1909
1
2
4309
1901
1
2
4310
1
2
4311
1901
1
2
4312
1902
1
2
4315
1
2
4316
Ca
1900
1
2
4318
1902
1
2
4319
1903
1
2
4320
1901
1
2
4321
1903
1
2
4322
1901
1
2
4325
1906
1
2
4326
1901
1
2
4328
1896
1
2
4330
Ca
1900
1
4333
1901
1
2
4334
1
2
4335
1902
1
2
4338
1896
1
2
4339
1902
1
2
4340
1896
1
4341
1902
1
2
4343
1901
1
2
4345
1901
1
2
4346
1896
1
2
4351-
53
1925
1
2
4400
1
4404
1906
1
4406
1906
1
4410-
12
1916
1
2
4407-
15
Ca
1925
1
4416
Ca
1970
4417
1899
1
2
4421
Ca
1989
4420-
22
1915
1
4423
Ca
1989
4424
Ca
1900
1
2
4426
1897
1
2
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National Park Service
National Register of Historic Places
Continuation Sheet
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East Ravenswood Historic District
DATE
GARAGE CONTRIBUTING NON-CONTRIBUTING
GREENVIEW (cont.)
4427
Ca
1989
1
4429
Ca
1989
1
4430
1898
1
2
4431-33
1898
2
3
4432
Ca
1900
1
2
4434
1901
1
2
4435-43
1925
1
4438
Ca
1920
1
4445
1897
1
4447
1897
1
2
4452
1
2
4501-09
1924
1
4510-12
1904
1
1
1
4511
1908
1
2
4513
1906
1
1
1
4514-16
1910
1
1
1
4517
1903
1
2
4518-22
1925
1
4521
1901
1
2
4523
1897
1
2
4525-29
1924
1
4526
1901
1
2
4530
1898
1
2
4531-33
1901
1
2
4534-36
1906
1
2
4532
1898
1
2
4537
1903
1
2
4541
1
1
1
4542
1899
1
2
4543
1901
1
2
4545
1896
1
2
4546
1899
1
2
4547
1
2
HERMITAGE 4000-02
1904
1
4004
1902
1
4008
1902
1
4010-12
1897
1
2
4015
1896
1
2
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National Park Service
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Continuation Sheet
Section number .
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East Ravenswood Historic District
DATE GARAGE CONTRIBUTING NON-CONTRIBUTING
HERMITAGE (cont.)
4016-
18
1897
1
2
4019
1901
1
2
4020
1899
1
2
4021
1903
1
2
4022
1899
1
4025
1903
1
2
4026
1924
1
4028
1900
1
4029
1903
1
2
4031
1901
1
2
4032
Ca
1905
1
4035
Ca
1901
1
2
4037
Ca
1900
1
2
4040-
48
1916
1
4041
Ca
1900
1
2
4043-
45
1912
1
2
4047
1913
1
2
4050
1894
1
4051
1
2
4054-
56
1901
1
4055-
57
1911
1
4103
1901
1
4104
Ca
1905
1
4108
1909
1
2
4109
1899
1
2
4112
1895
1
2
4113
1899
1
2
4115
1
2
4116
1895
1
4117
1897
1
2
4120
1909
1
2
4122
1896
1
2
4121
1909
1
2
4124
1896
1
2
4125
1896
1
2
4127
1899
1
2
4128
1897
1
2
4129
1897
1
2
4132
1906
1
2
4133
1907
1
OMB AgprtMM Ma 102440M
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National Register of Historic Places
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Section number .
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East Ravenswood Historic District
DATE GARAGE CONTRIBUTING NON-CONTRIBUTING
HERMITAGE (cont.)
4134
1906
1
4135
1897
1
2
4137
Ca
1900
1
2
4140
Ca
1905
1
2
4141
1902
1
4144
1908
1
2
4145
1902
1
2
4147
1901
1
2
4147
1901
1
2
4150
1900
1
2
4153-
55
Ca
1920
1
4154-
56
1913
1
4200-
06
1910
1
2
4208
1910
1
2
4210
Ca
1910
1
2
4214
1
4216
1923
1
2
4217
Ca
1905
1
2
4219
Ca
1905
1
2
4220
1898
1
2
4222
1898
1
2
4223
1894
1
2
4224
1896
1
4225-
-27
1948
1
4228
Ca
1900
1
2
4233-
-39
1929
1
4236
Ca
1900
1
4241-
-47
1923
1
4242
Ca
1890
1
2
4250
1898
1
4252
Ca
1900
1
2
4253
1901
1
4257
Ca
1900
1
2
4300-
-10
1
2
4303
1900
1
4307
Ca
1885
1
2
4311
1900
1
2
4313
1900
1
2
4317
Ca
1900
1
2
4321-
-23
1894
1
2
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East Ravenswood Historic District
DATE GARAGE CONTRIBUTING -NON-CONTRIBUTING
HERMITAGE (cont.)
4322
1912
1
2
4324
1914
1
2
4325-
29
1928
1
4328-
36
1929
1
4331
1908
1
2
4333
1908
1
2
4335
Ca
1905
1
2
4337
1899
1
2
4341
1899
1
4342
Ca
1900
1
2
4343
1899
1
4346
1907
1
2
4347
Ca
1890
2
3
4349-
51
1905
1
4355-
57
Ca
1905
1
4350
1893
1
2
4400
1916
1
4417-
07
Ca
1895
1
4402
Ca
1970
4406
Ca
1900
1
2
4410-
12
1929
1
2
4411
1913
1
4415-
19
Ca
1965
4416
Ca
1900
1
2
4420
1899
1
2
4421-
23
1914
1
2
4424
1898
1
4427
1
2
4428
1906
1
2
4431
1900
1
2
4432
1898
2
3
4436
Ca
1900
1
2
4437
Ca
1900
1
4438
Ca
1900
1
1
4441
1896
1
2
4446
4447
Ca
1895
1
2
4450-
-52
1899
1
4454
1910
1
4455
Ca
1970
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East Ravenswood Historic District
DATE GARAGE CONTRIBUTING NON-CONTRIBUTING
(cont. )
4500-
06
1923
1
4501-
07
1890
1
4510
1897
1
2
4511
1921
1
4512
1897
1
2
4516
1897
1
2
4517
Ca
1900
1
2
4520-
24
1927
1
2
4521
Ca
1900
1
2
4525
1910
1
2
4526
1906
1
2
4529
Ca
1900
1
2
4530
Ca
1900
1
2
4533
Ca
1900
1
2
4536
1901
1
2
4537
Ca
1895
1
2
4538
1902
1
2
4542
Ca
1900
1
2
4546
4600-
02
1929
1
4605
Ca
1890
1
2
4606
1927
1
4607
1990
1
4609
1990
1
4608-
12
1928
1
4615
1897
1
2
4616
1900
1
4617
1897
1
4620
1900
1
2
4621-
-23
1900
2
3
4622
1900
1
2
4625
1908
1
2
4627
1908
1
2
4630
1903
1
2
4633-
-37
4634
1924
1
2
4636
1
2
4641
1948
1
4642
Ca
1900
1
2
4646
Ca
1900
1
2
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East Ravenswood Historic District
DATE
GARAGE CONTRIBUTING NON-CONTRIBUTING
HERMITAGE (cont.)
4650-
52
Ca
1910
1
2
4651-
53
Ca
1900
1
4655-
57
Ca
1910
1
4707
Ca
1900
1
4712
Ca
1900
1
2
4713
Ca
1885
1
2
4715-
17
1925
1
2
4716
Ca
1900
1
2
4722
Ca
1900
1
4725
1926
1
2
4727
Ca
1900
1
2
4730-
32
Ca
1970
4731
Ca
1900
1
2
4734
1901
1
2
4735
1
2
4737-
39
1928
1
4738
1925
1
4740
1924
1
2
4743
1
4745
1920
1
4746
1920
1
2
4747
1925
1
2
4750
1924
1
2
HUTCHINSON 1415-
-17
1920
1
1416-
-24
1925
1
14 21
1909
1
2
1425
1910
1
2
1426
1908
1
2
1427
1924
1
2
1423
1913
1
2
1431
1915
1
2
1432
1903
1
2
1433
ca
1915
1
2
1434
1915
1
2
1437
1904
1
2
1438
1906
1
2
1439
1910
1
2
1440
Ca
1910
1
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DATE GARAGE CONTRIBUTING NON-CONTRIBUTING
HUTCHINSON (cont.)
1443
1913
1
2
1444
1904
1
2
1445
1906
1
2
1448
1910
1
2
1447
Ca
1915
1
1450
1911
1
2
1451
1906
1
2
1454
1906
1
2
1455
1908
1
2
1456
1904
1
1457
ca
1910
1
2
1458
Ca
1910
1
2
1461
1913
1
1462
Ca
1905
1
2
1463
1909
1
1466
1962
1470
Ca
1915
1
2
IRVING PARK 13 3 8-46
1
1400-02
1907
1
1410-12
1907
2
3
1420-22
1893
1
2
1432
1896
1
14 3 6
1896
1
2
1440-42
1913
1
2
1446
1899
1
2
1448-52
1908
2
3
1456
1895
2
3
1460-62
1901
1
2
1466-68
1912
1
1476
1
1532
1909
1
1612-14
1923
1
1642-58
1
1700-14
1922
1
1730
1
1736
1
2
1742-58
1319
1
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East Ravenswood Historic District
DATE GARAGE CONTRIBUTING NON-CONTRIBUTING
LAWRENCE
1501-11
1913
1
1601-09
Ca
1905
1
1611-15
1619
1904
1
2
1625-29
1915
1
LELAND
1505-11
Ca
1930
1
1521
Ca
1900
1
1527
Ca
1900
1
2
1531
Ca
1900
1
1533-35
1895
1
1614-16
Ca
1900
1
1
1620
1902
1
1623-25
1925
1
2
1631-33
1
1705
1924
1
2
1713-15
1893
1
1714-16
1896
1
1719
Ca
1900
1
1720-22
Ca
1890
1
1721
Ca
1900
1
1726-32
1905
1
1747-57
1962
1756-58
1898
1
2
MONTROSE
1434
1939
1
1436
1894
1
1440
Ca
1905
1
1441-45
Ca
1920
1
1444
1924
1
1447-51
Ca
1925
1
1448
1
1452-70
1922
1461-67
Ca
1895
1
1501-09
Ca
1980
1510
1906
1
1511
1904
1
1514
1906
1
1515
1904
1
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East Ravenswood Historic District
DATE GARAGE CONTRIBUTING NON- CONTRIBUTING
MONTROSE (cont.)
1518-
30
1916
1
1600-
-10
1917
1
1601-
15
1917
1
1612-
28
1925
1
1619-
-25
1627-
-39
Ca
1920
1
1634-
-38
1
1718
1897
1
2
1719-
-23
Ca
1890
1
1754
Ca
1920
1
1756-
■58
1893
1
PAULINA 4 002-
-12
1932
1
4015
Ca
1908
1
2
4017
Ca
1908
1
2
4018
Ca
1908
1
2
4022
Ca
1900
1
2
4023
Ca
1900
1
2
4026
Ca
1900
1
4027
1900
1
2
4028-
-30
1926
1
4031
1
2
4037
1905
1
2
4040
1980
1
1
4041
1909
1
2
4043
1909
1
2
4044
1960
4046
1909
1
2
4047
Ca
1900
1
2
4050
1894
1
4052
1894
1
4054-
-64
1926
1
4101
1902
1
2
4105
1902
1
2
4106
Ca
1900
1
2
4107
1902
1
4109
1902
1
2
4110
1908
1
2
4113
1902
1
2
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East Ravenswood Historic District
DATE GARAGE CONTRIBUTING NONtCONTRIBUTING
PAULINA (cont.)
4114
1908
1
2
4115
1911
1
2
4116
1906
1
2
4117
1907
1
2
4120
1910
1
2
4123
Ca
1900
1
2
4124
1911
1
2
4126
1918
1
2
4127
Ca
1900
1
2
4130
Ca
1960
1
4133
Ca
1900
1
2
4136
1895
1
2
4137
1896
1
2
4140
1907
1
2
4141
1911
1
4144
1909
1
2
4147
ca
1905
2
3
4150
Ca
1900
1
2
4155
4156
Ca
1900
1
2
4157
Ca
1900
1
4207-
05
Ca
1965
4211-
23
1927
1
4216
Ca
1915
1
2
4220
1917
1
2
4225-
33
1928
1
4224
Ca
1900
1
2
4228
1901
1
2
4234
Ca
1895
1
2
4237
Ca
1900
1
2
4238
Ca
1900
1
2
4241
1908
1
4242-
58
1923
1
2
4249
Ca
1885
1
2
4251
Ca
1885
2
3
4301
1927
1
4307
Ca
1925
1
2
4309-
-13
Ca
1920
1
4317
Ca
1890
1
2
4323
Ca
1900
1
2
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DATE
GARAGE CONTRIBUTING NON-CONTRIBUTING
PAULINA (cont.)
4327
Ca
1960
1
4331
Ca
1895
1
2
4333
Ca
1895
1
2
4337
Ca
1895
1
2
4339
Ca
1900
1
4324-48
1912
1
4345
Ca
1900
1
2
4349
Ca
1900
1
4351
1927
1
4355
1893
1
4400-06
1905
1
4401-13
Ca
1905
1
4410-14
Ca
1920
2
3
4415
1908
1
2
4417
1
2
4418
1900
1
2
4420
1900
1
2
4421-23
1911
1
2
4424
1907
1
2
4427
1990
4428
1897
1
2
4431-33
1908
1
2
4432
1897
1
4435-37
1908
1
2
4436
1898
1
2
4444-56
1917
1
4445-47
1923
1
4451-57
1905
1
4500-06
1895
1
4501-09
1
4502-04
1895
1
4507-09
Ca
1910
1
4510-18
Ca
1922
1
4513
1897
1
2
4517
1907
1
2
4519-27
1925
1
4520-24
Ca
1970
4530
1988
1
4531-37
1
4532
1988
1
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PAULINA (cont.)
4534
1988
1
4536
1988
1
4540
1988
1
4541
Ca
1900
4542
1988
1
4544
1988
1
4545
1897
4546
1988
1
4547
Ca
1900
1
4548
1988
1
4550
1988
1
4554
1988
1
4555
Ca
1920
4602-06
1911
1
4601-07
1926
4613-19
1925
4610
1910
1
4612-14
1927
4616-22
1971
4621-23
Ca
1960
4624-28
1971
4625-27
Ca
1900
4630
Ca
1900
1
4631
1927
4635-37
1907
2
4636
1903
1
4640
Ca
1960
4641
1928
4644-46
Ca
1924
1
4645
1896
4648-50
Ca
1924
4647
Ca
1890
4651
1898
1
4700-02
Ca
1889
1
4703
Ca
1900
4706
1912
4707
Ca
1960
4710-12
1927
1
4711-13
1915
1
4716
Ca
1915
1
DATE GARAGE C ONTRIBUTING NON-CONTRIBUTING
2
2
2
2
2
1
2
2
2
2
2
1
2
1
1
2
1
1
1
1
1
2
1
3
2
1
1
2
1
1
1
2
2
1
1
1
2
2
2
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DATE GARAGE CONTRIBUTING NON-CONTRIBUTING
PAULINA (cont.)
4717
Ca
1900
1
4718
Ca
1900
1
2
4721-
23
Ca
1890
1
2
4722
1901
1
2
4725-
41
1924
1
4726-
28
1924
1
2
4732
Ca
1912
1
2
4736
1902
1
2
4740
Ca
1900
1
4743
1903
1
2
4744-
46
1966
4747
Ca
1905
1
2
4750-
52
Ca
1912
2
3
4751-
53
1915
1
2
4757-
59
Ca
1915
1
PENSACOLA 14 3 3-
35
1946
1436
1927
1
1438
1927
1
2
1442
1900
1
1443
1900
1
1444
1
2
14 4 5
1902
1
2
1448
1900
1
2
1449
1902
1
2
1451
1
2
1452
1902
1
2
1454
1901
1
2
1453-
-55
1911
1
2
1456
1
2
1457
1
2
1460
1898
1
2
1461
1
2
1463
1
2
1464
1904
1
1468
1
1467-
-69
1921
1
2
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DATE GARAGE CONTRIBUTING NON-CONTRIBUTING
RAVENSWOOD 4 001-07
1914
1
4009-25
1412/16
1
4039
1914
1
4043
Ca
1922
1
4045-59
Ca
1920
1
4101-21
1903/new
4129
Ca
1911
1
4131-45
1911
1
4147-49
Ca
1920
1
4201-19
1910
1
4231-57
1954/67
4339-41
1915
1
4311-13
1921
1
4315-23
Ca
1925
1
4325-33
ca
1918
1
4335-43
1909
1
4347-57
1913
1
SOUTHPORT 4004-04
1907
1
4001-09
1915
1
4006
Ca
1915
1
4008
1910
1
4013-35
1915
1
4039
Ca
1920
1
4043-59
1914
1
SUNNYSIDE 1453
Ca
1900
1
1455
Ca
1900
1
1457
1905
1
1459
1905
1
1463
1901
1
1465
1901
1
1500
1904
1
1502
1904
1
1506
1904
1
1501-09
1923
1
1508
1904
1
1512
1904
1
1513-15
1895
1
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7)ATE
GARAGE CONTRIBUTING NON-CONTRIBUTING
SUNNYSIDE (cont.)
1514
1904
1
1518-22
Ca
1905
1
1519-21
Ca
1920
1
2
1601-11
1963
1606-14
Ca
1924
1
1619-23
Ca
1905
1
1620
1897
1
2
1622
1898
1
1625-33
1905
1
1626
Ca
1900
1
1630-32
1898
1
1700-10
1895
1
1712-14
Ca
1895
1
1701-13
1
1724
1970
1
1753
1756-58
1908
1
2
1757-59
Ca
1910
1763-65
WARNER 14 00-02
Ca
1915
1
2
1406-08
1924
1
2
1407
1912
1
2
1409
Ca
1912
1
2
1412
1899
1
1413
Ca
1912
1
2
1415-19
1895
1
2
1416
Ca
1900
1
2
1420
1914
1
2
1421-23
1911
1
2
1424
1907
1
2
1426-28
1896
1
2
1427-29
Ca
1920
1
2
1430
1914
1
1431
1905
1
2
1432
1915
1
2
1433
1905
1
1434-36
1916
1
2
1437
1909
1
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DATE
GARAGE CONTRIBUTING NON-CONTRIBUTING
WARNER
(cont. )
1441
Ca
1895
1
2
1445-
47
1916
1
1450
Ca
1900
1
1451
1927
1
2
1453
1901
1
2
1454
1921
1
2
1455
1899
1
2
1457
1899
1
2
1459
1899
1
2
1460-
62
1923
1
2
1466-
70
1897
1
WILSON
1443
1447
1449
1453
1455
1896
1896
1896
1896
1900
1
1
1
1
1
1501
Ca
1895
1
1502
1897
1
2
1505
1896
1
1506
1897
1
2
1508
1897
1
2
1509
1896
1
1511
1896
1
1512
1897
1
2
1514
1897
1
1515
1896
1
1518-
-20
1896
2
3
1521
1902/N.D.
1
1522
1895
1
2
1526
1895
1
2
1530-
-32
1902
1
1601-
-15
Ca
1920
1
1600-
-14
Ca
1918
1
1618-
-32
Ca
1915
1
1619-
-33
Ca
1920
1
1712-
-14
Ca
1910
1
2
1743
1883
1
1742-
-60
Ca
1920
1759
1938
1
8. Statement of Significance
Certifying official has considered the significance of this property in relation to other properties:
1 I nationally Q statewide 03 locally
Applicable National Register Criteria [3* €Jb |T|C I ID
Criteria Considerations (Exceptions) [I]A C^B Qc L]d C]e C^F I JG
Areas of Significance (enter categories from instructions)
Architecture
Community Planning and Development
Period of Significance
1880-1940
1880-1940
Cultural Affiliation
N/A
Significant Person
N/A
Architect/Builder
Cochran, John
Crowen, Samuel
Significant Dates
N/A
State significance of property, and justify criteria, criteria considerations, and areas and periods of significance noted above
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SUMMARY
The East Ravenswood Historic District, comprising the eastern
portion of the area currently known as Ravenswood, is significant
for both architecture and community planning as an early suburb of
Chicago that represents in varied architectural styles and building
types a city within a city. It is different from other Chicago
historic districts in that it developed early into^ a self-
contained residential community with commercial and industrial
areas, in addition to many schools and churches that rendered _ it
stable. With buildings ranging in dates from 1880 to 1940, its
history is inextricably tied to that of Chicago from whence it
derives its context. The district meets Criterion A, as it is
associated with pivotal events and activities in Chicago and the
midwest such as the development of transportation, the burgeoning
growth following the Great Fire of 1871, the rapid influx of
immigrants, the changes to the city caused by the World's Columbian
Exposition of 1893, and the growth of industry in the late
Nineteenth and early Twentieth centuries. It also meets Criterion
C in that its physical setting and building stock are
representative of these transitions in the city's history.
Through building types and styles, materials, setting, setbacks and
scale are manifested the events and activities from which they
sprang. The physical scale and character of the neighborhood have
endured.
HISTORY
In 1909 Ravenswood was considered "Chicago's beauty spot" by a
newspaper reporter who wrote:
"With beautiful shade trees, green lawns,
asphalt pavements and handsome homes,
churches and schools, with unsurpassed
transportation, Ravenswood is now conceded
to be the choicest residence section of
this great city. With fifteen years real
estate valuations have nearly doubled. The
growth has been rapid but healthy and
permanent in character."
As one of the oldest, if not the oldest suburb of the City of
Chicago, Ravenswood was first a speculative subdivision.
Development proceeded immediately and at a fairly rapid pace. It
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acquired early a clear identity, becoming an established, but
distinct neighborhood of the city by the turn of the century, and
a "city within a city" during the first quarter of the 20th
century. Unlike most city neighborhoods, it sustained vitality
through the war periods. It is primarily a residential community,
but one containing a mix of retail, commercial, light industry and
many institutions so that people can live, work and socialize in
one place. The reasons for its development as a self-contained
neighborhood arise from a study of the historic context from which
it emerged, revealing much about how a community develops and what
gives it the power to endure and remain vital.
The stages of development in Ravenswood relate to a series of
historical events and themes. After the establishment of the
railroad, industry began to replace much of the truck farming along
the Chicago River, and many of the German speaking immigrants who
worked there sought a community near their work in which to raise
their families. Further catalysts in Ravenswood 's development were
the Chicago Fire of 1871, the additional rail and road growth of
transportation networks and the resulting commerce. The character
of the developing community was further shaped by its Swiss and
German residents, who insisted on the building of many schools,
churches, and other institutions, while prohibiting alcohol and
pubs. These themes are strongly manifested in the neighborhood as
it exists today.
In I860 when Graceland Cemetery, five miles north _ of downtown
Chicago, was chartered, the surrounding town of Lake View was still
rural. Conrad Sulzer and his family had been the first settlers
in what became known as Ravenswood in 1837, when he purchased 100
acres of farmland. Sulzer was a Swiss immigrant, educated in
horticulture and botany. Other settlers gradually moved out to the
area and established farms around the Sulzer farmstead.
The area was still sparsely populated in 1868, when the Ravenswood
Land Company formed to develop the subdivision. The company was
comorised of a group of southside (35th & the lake) businessmen who
purchased the original 194 acre plot just to the north and west or
Graceland Cemetery, contiguous to its northwest corner at Clark and
Montrose. This plot was in direct contrast to the bustling city
of Chicago, incorporated three decades earlier. The idea behind
this speculation was to create a residential retreat outside the
city in this pastoral setting. In Chicago, the flat treeless areas
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were developed earliest because trees were difficult to clear fast
enough for the burgeoning growth. Also the river location was of
utmost importance for transportation and security reasons early on.
The north shore with its wooded areas was saved for later
development and proved perfect for bucolic residential suburbs.
The area of Ravenswood was, in fact, the location of an evergreen
forest known as Cedar Lawn, an early name for the area. Graceland
Cemetery, on the eastern border, reinforced the suburban character
of the area and was a neighborhood attraction with its beautiful
landscaping and imposing monuments.
Ravenswood was the first of numerous "pastoral suburban"
speculative ventures. According to an 1869 issue of the Chicago
Tribune , the development of Ravenswood showed "the desire on the
part of the Chicago public to seek suburban residences. " Martin
Van Allen, secretary of the Ravenswood Land Company, and his family
were the first residents of the new suburb of Ravenswood. The Van
Allen family had a home on the south side of Chicago, but in order
to hold the title to the land, one member of the Land Company had
to live on the property. Van Allen and his family agreed to be the
ones to live in Ravenswood.
There is speculation as to how the name Ravenswood was chosen for
the development in 1863. It was first thought that the community
was named after Chief Raven, an Indian who had lived along tne
wooded region. An area near Ravenswood, called Bowmanville, had
served as the home for Chicago area Indians after the government
removed them from the lakefront in part of Lincoln Park and near
the water works on Michigan Avenue. Another article speculates
that it was named for the ravens which lived in the woods. Others
claimed that the community was named after early settlers, Mr.
Ravens and Mr. Woods. A popular theory is that is was the name of
a town, in the East, once lived in by one of the developers.
However, local historical Richard Bjorklund believes that the name
was probably chosen from the character of "Ravenswood" in Sir
Walter Scott's novel The Bride of Lammermoor . Though the true
story is apparently buried with the early developers, the name has
lived on. One measure of this is its current popularity as a line
and stop of the elevated train.
Transportation has always been an important theme in the unfolding
history of Ravenswood. The Chicago and Northwestern was
established through the area in 1855, which led to early business
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and industrial development. In 1869 when the subdivision was
platted, only one person used the railroad to commute to Chicago
for work. By 1874, 75 people commuted. According to one early
journalist, three trains went each way, every day. The first train
was called the Workers train, the second was referred as the Clerks
train and the third train was called the Shirks and Shoppers train.
These cars ran one-half to one-quarter of an hour apart. By 1910,
there were steam cars, the elevated trains and a surface railroad,
and these expanded means of transportation brought "as fine a class
of people moving into Ravenswood as in any part of Chicago." He
also compares Ravenswood to Buena Park, Edgewater and Rogers Park,
and concludes that none could bypass Ravenswood in residences, and
none could equal the community in transportation facilities.
In 18 69 when Ravenswood was platted, the northern boundary of the
city was Fullerton Avenue, 3 miles south of Ravenswood. Lakeview
had been incorporated in 1865 as a city separate from Chicago. _ In
1853 a group of businessmen had built Lakeview House, an early inn
on the north shore just south of Irving Park Road. The purpose was
to attract attention to the area as having potential for
residential development. That led to a group funding the
construction of a plank road called Evanston Avenue (now Broadway)
to substantially improve access between Chicago and Irving Park
Road, Evanston was an early settlement, dating from 1836.
Gradually by 1870 numerous mansions were built along this road down
to Diversey.
The early settlers in what became Ravenswood were Swiss, Germans,
Swedes and Luxembourgers , with German speaking people far out-
numbering any others. These early settlers built homes and
maintained truck farms on their land. The entire north side _ of
what became Chicago was once truck farms, with celery being a major
crop. More celery was shipped from Chicago in 1874 than from any
other city.
After the initial platting of Ravenswood, several additions were
made soon thereafter. B.L. Touhy and Phillip Rogers, J. H. Kedzie
and J. F. Keeney all made additions to Ravenswood in 1870. J.L.
Stark made an addition in 1871. In 1872, the Clybourne addition
became part of Ravenswood along with Frank Taylor's addition. This
shows that development in the area did not slow down much even in
the immediate shock from the fire.
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Little did the businessmen know that a major catastrophe in the
city of Chicago would so affect the growth of their venture. The
fire of 1871 served as a watershed for the expansion of Ravenswood.
Hordes of people looked toward Ravenswood and the surrounding areas
for a place to rebuild their homes and start their lives over
again. The reason many chose Ravenswood after the fire was two-
fold. First, many working-class people, unable to comply with the
fireproof construction laws imposed by city government, sought an
area where less expensive wood frame housing could be built.
Wealthier people were motivated to move outside of Chicago by fear
that another fire would occur. Both the working-class and middle-
class Chicagoans found homes in Ravenswood. This diversity of
economic backgrounds of early homeowners in Ravenswood is still
evident as modest frame cottages coexist with grand frame, brick
and stone houses throughout the district.
The brickyards along the north branch of the Chicago River drew
many German immigrants to the area in the 1870 's and 1880 's. The
fireproof construction laws necessitated the manufacture of many
bricks to rebuild the city of Chicago, and masons were needed to
lay the brick. As more German-speaking immigrants came to Chicago,
they also moved to the north side areas, and as it built up, the
truck farms began to disappear. Further additions were made to
Ravenswood. In 1874 L. Ingledew made an addition, and in 187 8 came
the Park addition and the Thomas Lyman addition. There were also
at this time many subdivisions of the previous plots.
After the fire, the pressures of new population in the city
combined with expanding transit facilities to encourage a rapid
extension of Chicago's built-up area. This expansion took place
most intensively along transportation lines that radiated from the
business district. Ravenswood was part of this northern extension.
Its most significant growth took place in the 1880 's and 1890' s.
It was during this time that the streetcar lines, as well as a new
service on the Chicago Milwaukee & St. Paul, increased the
desirability of the community. With this population explosion,
Ravenswood recognized the need for a more efficient sewage system
than the existing system of open ditches. They also recognized the
need for better support systems, and so annexed to Lakeview
Township in 1887. Two years later, in anticipation of the 1893
World's Columbian exposition, large outlying areas surrounding the
city were annexed to make Chicago a larger metropolis. So in 1889
Ravenswood, along with all of Lakeview, became part of the city.
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Changes were then very rapid. The annexation led to streetcar
service on Montrose, new schools, the Ravenswood branchy of the
elevated line, expected improvements in streets and sanitation, and
the burgeoning of commerce and industry.
COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY
There were no stores or businesses in Ravenswood in the early years
of its development. Residents had to depend on the grocery and
meat wagons for food that they didn't grow, and shop in Chicago for
other goods. In 1874, the first general store opened, and a
business district developed on East and West Ravenswood avenues
covering about two blocks around Wilson Avenue on either side of
the railroad tracks. By 1900, Ravenswood Avenue was the "main
street" of the community. This business district gave way to the
development of the industrial corridor. The development proceeded
in three waves; the first following the establishment of the
Chicago and Northwestern in 1855, the second following the
extension of the "El" into Ravenswood in 1901, and the third
beginning with the close of World War I in 1918.
The first wave served to identify the Railroad/Ravenswood Avenue
corridor as commercial/light manufacturing. From the beginning,
industry here was considered "inoffensive" and not detrimental to
the residential community. The business/commercial center that
grew up along the corridor in the latter part of the 19th century
gave way to light manufacturing beginning in the 1890 's. The
accessible transportation for goods, and the inexpensive land along
the tracks facilitated this growth. There was also a ready labor
pool present in the area due to two factors - Germans who had
worked in the now- exhausted brickyards along the river, and
displaced farm workers from the truck farms which were closing due
to urbanization. Transportation advances were giving rise to farm
competition from the West. The growth of these manufacturing
plants led, in turn, to the development of more residential areas,
thus promoting the cycle of development.
More people brought increased transportation facilities, and in
1907 the El was extended up along Ravenswood Avenue to a stop at
Wilson Avenue. This led to a period of rapid expansion to the
industrial corridor. At first, old stores were remodeled for
factory use, and then as industries expanded, the old structures
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were razed to make way for more modern factory facilities. There
are 11 buildings extant in the historic district portion of the
corridor representing the period of development from 1907-1918.
Some of these are major early companies that undoubtably served to
establish the corridor, such as Boye Needle Company, 1908; Hanz
Engraving, 1914; Deagan; 1910; Pacific Flush Tank, 1915; and Union
Linen Supply from 1911. Of these, Boye Needle Company and Union
Linen Supply are still in at the same locations.
Light manufacturing seems to have continued somewhat through World
War I then picked up with renewed intensity at the close of the
war. Along with a general business and residential boom, this led
to the maturation of Ravenswood. The industrial boom was best
expressed in 1922 by a "Made in Ravenswood" exposition that
highlighted items manufactured in the neighborhood. An article
about it in the Chicago Dailv News at the time reports.
"Ravenswood is in fact a city within a city,
and is preparing to demonstrate it. Within
her borders are two major business districts
and a half a dozen lesser ones and nearly 100
factories employing thousands of
workers Wallpaper, picture postcards, color
plates, rebuilt typewriters, automatic
pencils, needles, nameplates, scientific
instruments, musical bells, packing,
electrical supplies and radio equipment are
among the principal products".
Five industrial buildings representing this boom from 1918 through
the mid-1920' s still exist in the district. These include Dartnell
Publishing, 1920 and General Instrument Corporation, 1916/1923.
Dartnell Publishing continues today in the same building. There
are no buildings dating from the late 1920 's until after World War
II, though apparently many of the existing companies stayed in
business through those years. An excellent example of the
regenerating development cycle of the neighborhood is expressed in
this incident related from Chicago, the Great Central Market , in
1923:
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"High class factories are now occupying
buildings along each side of the tracks and
the number is increasing each year. At least
one of these plants chose its present location
as a result of a vote taken among the
employees who were asked to decide where the
new factory should be located. The votes
showed that the majority favored Ravenswood
and the directors of the corporation acted
accordingly. This novel method of providing
for the contentment of employees, who are able
to walk to their work from their pleasant
homes, is working out well. Factories are now
plentiful all the way from Clybourn station to
Ravenswood, about three and one-half miles."
Three of the major companies, from different development phases,
shed further light on this aspect of Ravenswood 's history. The
Boye Needle Company, originally founded in 1905 by John L.
Flannery, was located on Wabash Avenue between Randolph and
Washington Streets. That building was destroyed by fire in 19 08,
and a year later the company relocated to a new building at 4335
North Ravenswood. This is a three story building of masonry and
reinforced concrete, in a simple design with some corbeled and
decorative brick. By 1918, they employed 150 people in the
manufacture of sewing machine supplies, hardware and dry goods
novelties. They also occupied an adjacent building dating from
1913, where they continue business today. The original building
is nearly intact, while the 1913 building had some windows bricked
in.
Manz Engraving was founded by Jacob Manz, a wood engraver, in 1867.
They also originally occupied a building in the loop, which was
destroyed by the fire of 1871. They moved to Ravenswood in 1908,
occupying the existing building at 4001 North Ravenswood in 1914.
The company is credited with introducing the zinc process and the
system of making halftones to the engraving industry. By 1922,
they employed 500-600 people. The building is a handsome, dark
brick structure of four floors with an imposing tower rising above.
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The Deagan Unicut building, another handsome structure, of five
stories with an imposing tower, was built in 1910 at 4201
Ravenswood to house J.C. Deagan, Inc. This architecturally
significant structure is of red brick with classical detailing in
limestone and terra cotta. Deagan manufactured musical instruments
for bands, musical bells and the "Una-fon" musical keyboard that
was used in skating rinks, theatres and the Ringling Brothers
Circus. They also made tower, clock and cathedral chimes. In fact,
Chicago at this time led the world in the production of musical
instruments.
Virtually all of the buildings in the industrial corridor are still
in use in a light manufacturing or business manner. This
collection of buildings as a whole illustrates an important part
of Ravenswood 's history. While not designed by famous architects,
the buildings present a living laboratory of both the development
of an industrial corridor, and the design of light industrial
buildings from 1909-1925 in a primarily German neighborhood of the
American midwest. The particularly fine masonry work and the use
of brick to articulate openings, piers, cornices and other building
features is typical of the German masons who lives and worked in
this area.
During the 1890" s another small business center developed in
Ravenswood at the intersection of Irving Park, Lincoln and Damen.
This area came to be known as North Center and is the name still
used for that part of Ravenswood. While that center is not in the
historic district, the commercial area grew east along Irving Park
to Clark Street within the district, and has continued as
commercial.
RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT
From 1869 when the subdivision was platted, Ravenswood was intended
to be an area of fine single family homes, a neighborhood of beauty
and tradition, upholding family values. By 187 0, large homes on
estate acreage were scattered along the lakefront from what^ is now
Uptown down to Diversey. The early suburban developers, 3ust as
now, designed their developments as "mini-estates", taking their
inspiration from these pre-existing landscaped estates. The sites
were subdivided into 50' lots. Though none of the earliest houses
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or mansions have survived, initially they helped to establish the
refined residential character of the north side.
The existing single family residences provide excellent examples
of the stylistic evolution of late 19th and early 20th century
domestic vernacular architecture. They range from primarily 1880
to 1920. The earlier homes from the 1880's such as 4307 N.
Hermitage, are variations on the farmhouse upright and wing, with
Italianate details. These early urban houses all have gables
perpendicular to the street. The simplest from this era are
versions of the Chicago cottage, with proportions similar to Greek
Revival homes, with various types of ornamentation tacked on. From
these simpler forms, the styles evolve to those of Queen Anne or
Victorian influence. The popular success of Queen Anne in America
dated from the Philadelphia Centennial Exposition of 1876 where the
English pavilions were enthusiastically received. By 1876, Queen
Anne design had moved into a phase called "free classic" a more
exuberant interpretation combining elements from many revival
styles. These forces all combine to create the ubiquitous Queen
Anne found not only in cities throughout the U.S., but in suburbs
and the countryside as well, through the turn of the 20th century.
In feeling, it presented a renewed interest in the Picturesque,
while evoking a period of the past that was just distant enough to
appear rosy in the eyes of an /America that had lost so much
confidence in the future during the financial panic of 1873. The
most dominant features of the Queen Anne, irregularity of massing
and plan and variety of texture and colors, appear in all the
Ravenswood examples of this style. One "transitional" home, 4234
N. Paulina, combines the simpler upright and wing form with the
elaborate porches, bay windows, trim, and irregular additions of
the Queen Ann style. The Queen Annes come in all shapes and sizes,
from frame cottages, such as the ones at 4647 and 4323 N. Paulina,
to 2 1/2 story greystones, such as 1529 W. Lawrence. Typical are
the wood frame irregularly massed 2 1/2 story with a tower, such
as 4722 N. Paulina and 4223 N. Hermitage. One of the finest is the
Abbot House and lab at 4605 N. Hermitage, home of the Abbot family
and location of the first Abbot laboratory. These homes date from
the late 1890' s and the turn-of-the-century. The legacy of the
1893 World's Columbian Exposition was renewed interest in the
Classical, which left an indelible print on Chicago architecture
for many years. It filtered down to residential buildings as a
return to simpler forms, and the application of classical detail
to extant forms.
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The depression of the 1890 's led to housing reform, the rise of
the Arts and Crafts movement, and new household technology that
revolutionized concepts of comfort, convenience and order.
Architecturally, this expressed itself as simpler forms and less
decoration, more inexpensive homes, the aesthetic of sparseness,
and a return to symmetry. Also during this time, elements of Frank
Lloyd Wright's Prairie School design had begun to turn up in
suburban homes. The early 20th century saw the rise of the Four
Square and bungalow type house, with new "modern" kitchens. In
Ravenswood, an excellent example of a Four Square is 4651 N.
Paulina, dating from the turn of the century, and featuring a
wraparound classically detailed porch. From about 15 years later
at 1700 W. Wilson is a stuccoed Prairie Square. Single family
homes during the inter-war period in Ravenswood, as in suburbs
across America, most often took the form of bungalows. First
flourishing in California, the bungalow tended to carry many of the
tenants of the Art and Crafts esthetic with it. Sets of working
drawings for bungalows could be bought for little money. A row of
wonderful bungalows can be found in Ravenswood in the 4200 block
of Greenview, along with a Spanish style house. The best example
of a Prairie style house is at 1470 Hutchinson, at the corner of
Greenview.
The multi-family buildings in Ravenswood are of several types - the
most common being the 2 flat and the 6 flat. These date from the
1890 's and continued to be built until the late 1920' s. The early
two flats are often difficult to discern from single family homes.
The early six flats also were designed to resemble large homes.
The architectural development of multi-family dwellings in Chicago,
generally, is that of incorporating elements of suburban single
family home architecture. Chicagoans, with traditional values of
home and family, were not quick to accept "flats" as a healthy way
of life. However, their expedience in a rapidly expanding urban
area was not to be denied. By building them to resemble single
family homes, a shared architectural vocabulary evolved that
provided an important continuity between disparate building types.
In Ravenswood, single family homes are intermingled with 2 and 3
flats, 6 flats and even courtyard apartment building on the same
streets. Yet all presents visual harmony. Cuyler Street, for
example, is a blend of 2 and 3 flats, 6 flats and small single
family homes that date from 1895 to 1928. They are built of frame,
brick, and stone with many types of stylistic details. This short
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street is, in fact, a textbook of the evolution of these building
types. At the east end of the street, two 3 flats from 1895 face
each other across the street, one stone and one frame. Both could
easily be mistaken for single family homes. Other three flats on
the street date from 1905, 1911 and 1926. The 2 flats, of which
there are a dozen, range from 1897 to 1928. Nine 6 flats were
built between 1897 and 1920. The forms of these buildings remain
much the same through the years, with details varying. From the
late 1880 's they tend to display Victorian details, though the
irregular massing, roof lines and complicated porches were not
economical on these speculative buildings. Simple symmetrical
lines and classical detailing much more effectively lent themselves
to multi-unit structures. In an attempt to create symmetry along
with efficiency of plan, two and three flats were often built in
pairs, as mirror images of each other. There are many examples of
these pairs throughout the historic district. In the case of four
and six flats, the pairs were actually joined together. Virtually
all of the four and six flats are of this symmetrical type until
the 1920 's, when rampant eclecticism allowed for tacking on many
different types of design details, from Tudor to Renaissance and
even more exotic. From 1900 to 1915, the Classical vocabulary
reigned, giving way to the simpler arts and crafts styles with the
ubiquitous sun porch. Every multi-family building in the district
from 1915 to 1922 features enclosed sun porches. This era, and on
through the 1920's, also produced a visual riot in brick designs.
Until the turn-of-the-century , brick produced by Chicago's
brickyards, was uniformly red and flat textured. As the technology
here became more sophisticated and designers of buildings demanded
more choice, the manufacturer began to produce bricks varied in
size, color and texture. As the designs of buildings became
simpler, the variety reflected in bricks became more apparent. No
buildings from 1915 through the 1920's use a flat textured red
brick. In addition to the qualities of the brick itself, in the
hands of the skilled German masons of the north side, many
beautiful designs were created by mixing brick of different colors
and textures.
Small apartment buildings could easily adapt to the form of single
family buildings, with amenities such as sun porches and a single
grand entrance. But larger apartment buildings presented problems.
One earlier way of handling this was to situate the apartment
building on a corner, forming an L shape with open space at the
rear. The earliest larger apartment building in Ravenswood is of
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this type, the Lincolnwood Courts building at 2500 N. Paulina. It
was built by R. J. Bennett and designed by architect Morrison Vail
in 1895. It is a three story building of greystone on the first
floor and brown brick above, combining elements of Classical
Revival and Queen Anne. The design is dominated by an octagonal
corner tower capped with an octagonal roof. A highly decorative
and unusual cornice is formed with contrasting brickwork in a
diamond pattern. On the first floor, the stone is rusticated _ in
a Renaissance fashion and the entrances are of classical design
with pediments and Ionic columns.
The landscaped courtyard, which first came into being around the
turn of the century, became the best means of incorporating light
air and open space into the larger apartment building. Thus the
buildings could maintain the feel, as well as scale, of other
neighborhood buildings. The biggest problem in designing large
apartment buildings had been how to provide light and air to all
apartments in a way that was also not a fire trap or a conduit for
noise and pollution. The landscaped courtyard eliminated these
problems, provided a green space visible from each apartment and
offered greater privacy with separate entrances for a few
apartments each.
The courtyard buildings in Ravenswood are all three stories on a
raised basement, and most date from the 1920's. Like many such
buildings, the fronts facing the courtyard present an undulating
facade of bays or swells that break the flat surface. The earliest
courtyard building, at 4400-06 Paulina, is the most unusual in the
district. Built in 1905, its form is simple, with plain straight
lines, and evenly spaced windows in a symmetrical facade. In
detail, it is Prairie School influenced, with wide eaves above a
curved large stucco cornice featuring brick Prairie style patterned
medallions. Below the top row of windows, a belt course further
emphasizes the horizontal lines of the design. The round arched
entry door has a transom with a Prairie style motif _ and is covered
by a decorative stone pent. This building was designed and built
by architect Samuel N. Crowen, a native of Germany. He worked in
some of the larger Chicago architectural offices, including Solon
Beman, and in 1897 went solo. He designed many apartment buildings
on the north side of Chicago, including several in Sheridan Park.
From 1910-30 he designed commercial and industrial buildings also,
including Willoughby Towers on Michigan Avenue and the A.B. Dick
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Factory building. In 1925 he established S.N. Crowen & Associates,
where he continued to work until his death in 1935.
In the 1920 's, not all apartment buildings over 6 units were court-
yards or half courtyards. There continued to be corridor type
buildings, usually with highly decorative, eclectic facades evoking
middle eastern or some exotic design. These were usually designed
in a T shape, with the long sides of the building drawn in to allow
light and air, though not much of a view. This was a style adapted
by many of the apartment hotels and kitchenette apartments of the
late 1920's and 1930's. Ravenswood has always been a mixed socio-
economic community, which contained homes of many sizes, from
sumptuous single family homes and large apartments to average sized
and efficiency apartments. Since the exterior designs of all these
types of buildings share similarities in size and scale, materials
and architectural detailing, they all blend together well in the
streetscape. One fine example of a corridor type apartment
building is 4222 N. Ashland, built in 1929, and designed by Raymond
Gregori. It is cream colored brick with terra cotta trim, and
emoloys a Middle Eastern motif. The top floor windows feature ogee
arches, and a tiled, low hipped roof completes the design. Raymond
Gregori, a Chicago architect for 50 years, was known as the "master
of the common corridor" building, designing them throughout the
city.
SCHOOLS AND CHURCHES
Education and religion were a primary concern to the settlers of
Ravenswood. The quality and number of churches and schools kept
people in the community and attracted others to the area. The
Ravenswood Land Company played an integral role in the formation
of these institutions. The Land company offered a free lot at
Montrose and Hermitage to any congregation who would erect an
edifice carrying no indebtedness. The Presbyterian Church, to whom
it was offered, failed to meet the qualification, as did the
Episcopalians who were next in line. The Methodists refused the
offer and then finally the Congregational Church succeeded in
meeting the specific conditions. They secured the lot, and built
the first church in Ravenswood in 18 69. It was then the only
Protestant church in Lakeview Township.
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Various newspaper articles have referred to Ravenswood as a "City
of Churches" because there has always been so many religious groups
represented. The extant churches are excellent examples of
ecclesiastical architecture ranging in dates from 1883 to 1923 and
in styles from Victorian to Gothic, Revival, Baroque and
Neoclassical. All Saints Episcopal Church, dating from 1883, is
the earliest extant church but was the third church organized in
Ravenswood. Located at the southwest corner of Hermitage and
Wilson, it is a frame building of stucco and wood built in the
Queen Anne stick style popular at the time for residences. With
its steep gabled roof lines and half timbering with stucco, it
displays both residential scale and detailing. The distinctive
bell tower dramatically sets the building off. Perhaps the oldest
frame church still in use in Chicago, it was designated a Chicago
Landmark in 1982. It was designed by John Cochrane, one of
Illinois' best known architects, who designed the Illinois State-
house in Springfield in 1869. His specialty was public buildings
of all types, as he also designed the first Board of Trade in
Chicago, the Cook County Hospital and Michael Reese Hospital, as
well as other churches.
=cond church to be organized in Ravenswood was the Ravenswood
3ist Episcopal Church, in 1872-73. The building built at that
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time was moved to the northeast corner of Hermitage and Sunnyside,
where a new structure was built in 1890. It is a heavy stone
structure of Richardsonian Romanesque design, very popular at the
time for institutional buildings. It has a very decorative wood
interior. While Ravenswood' s first church at Montrose and
Hermitage was subsequently destroyed, a new church was built there
just before the turn-of-the-century . Built of brick and stucco in
a Victorian Gothic design, it features wide bracketed eaves and
Gothic windows, with wood trim.
In 1913 was built an unusual Spanish Baroque church at the
southeast corner of Ashland and Leland. Designed by architects
Worthman and Steinbach, Our Lady of Lourdes is an exuberant example
of ecclesiastical architecture in yellow brick with stone, copper
and tile detailing. It features twin towers and a dome with a
cooper lantern over the crossing. In 1929, the entire edifice was
moved across the street to the southwest corner. Several years
later, in 1917, yet another unusual and stylistically divergent
church was built in Ravenswood, the Fourteenth Church of Christ
Scientist at Paulina and Sunnyside. It was designed by the firm
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of Dumming and Jensen in the Classical Revival style. With low
cross gables, the gable facing the street forms a pedimented
portico supported by columns. This church was also built of yellow
brick with terra cotta ornament.
Each of these churches represents a distinctive style of its time,
well crafted and situated only blocks from each other, illustrating
the commitment of a community to both its institutions and the
quality of their design.
The Ravenswood Land Company also showed its commitment to
education, constructing the first school in Ravenswood at its own
expense in 1869. This was a one room frame schoolhouse on the
corner of Hermitage and Wilson Avenues. It was known as the Sulzer
school, and was replaced by the Ravenswood School at the corner of
Montrose and Paulina in 1873, a result of a $75,000 bond issue
approved in 1872 creating the Ravenswood School District. This was
remodeled in 1887 and subsequently replaced by the new Ravenswood
School in 1892-93. This original part of the now expanded building
was built of red brick with limestone trim, in a clean, classical
design. It is three stories tall, with unusual carved stone trim.
It was added to in 1916 with two story wings that are very
horizontal in feel, with low hipped roof lines and detailing
suggestive of Prairie School design.
The first high school for Lakeview Township was erected in
Ravenswood at Irving Park Boulevard and Ashland Avenue in 1874.
This was, in fact, the first township high school in Illinois. The
site for the building was given to the community by the Graceland
Cemetery Company, with the condition that the land be forever used
as a school site. The first building burned in 1884, and the
present Lakeview Township High School was built on the same
location in 1885. It has since been added on to greatly, but its
grand arched entrance, crenelated towers and steep pitched gables
lend it a collegiate stateliness worthy of a university campus.
At this time, Ravenswood was the educational and religious center
for the territory between the lake and the river, Belmont and Rose
Hill. It had developed as such, and kept its reputation by
continued interest in all aspects of cultural life that rendered
it much more than a bedroom community from the beginning. It was
strengthened and stabilized by these institutions.
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RELATED DISTRICTS
Ravenswood can be compared to a number of other large mixed
districts in early outlying subdivided areas of the city, such as
Lakeview, Buena Park and Sheridan Park. These were all part of the
burgeoning growth of the city north along the lakefront and
included fine residences from the 19th and early 2 0th centuries.
The Lakeview historic district, much of which was built around the
same time as Ravenswood, nevertheless was conceived as urban and
remained so. It contains virtually no frame structures, being
comprised mostly of masonry row houses with later apartment
buildings. Buena Park is a strictly residential area, with the few
commercial buildings seen as intrusions. It developed later than
Ravenswood, as a natural result of the filling in of the lakefront
from development pressures. It does represent excellent examples
of the transition of residential building types and styles.
Sheridan Park has similarities to Buena Park, developing _ a bit
later still but also representing a residential transition of
styles. It is quite homogenous in scale, with excellent examples
of apartment buildings. These districts, like Lakeview, are
primarily of masonry construction.
Ravenswood is set apart by its early beginnings and subsequent
development as a suburban community. Rather than a collection of
residential buildings as urban neighborhoods, it was conceived to
be an escape from the city, with the large frame homes bearing more
resemblance to small towns and more historical reference to country
estates. As it grew from its early days, it kept its suburban
residential areas, strengthening its institutions and adding its
own business and industry, all of which became intrinsic parts of
Ravenswood as it has always been known.
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Co., 1884.
Bjorklund, Richard. Pioneer Settler Conrad Sulzer . Chicago:
Ravenswood - Lakeview Historical Association, ca. 1986.
Bjorkland, Richard. Chicago, Illinois. Interview, 7 October,
1986.
Chamberlain, Everett. Chicago and Its Suburbs . Chicago: T.A.
Hunger ford & Co., 1874.
Chicago Association of Commerce. Hap of Chicago and Suburbs .
Chicago, 1909.
Chicago Association of Commerce and Industry. Chicago, the Great
Central Market . Chicago: R.L. Polk & Co., 1923.
Chicago Department of Development and Planning. Historic City:
The settlement of Chicago . Chicago: City of Chicago, 1976.
Chicago Department of Public Works. Map of Chicago Showing
Growth of the City by Annexations . Chicago, 1922, 1924,
1935, 1940.
Chicago Plan Commission. Housing in Chicago Communities .
Chicago: WPA, 1940.
Commission on Chicago Landmarks. Chicago Historic Resources
Survey, 47th Ward, 1985.
DeWit, We. "Apartment Houses and Bungalows: Building the Flat
City ." Chicago History . 7 (Winter 1983-84).
Drury, John. Old Chicago Houses . Chicago: University of
Chicago Press, 1941.
Drury, John. "Pioneer Days of Lakeview Ends When Annexed to
Chicago in 1889." Landlord's Guide . 38 (May 1947): P. 4-7.
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"Dual Charms Boost Ravenswood to Fore," Chicago Daily News , 20
Kay, 1922.
"History of Ravenswood Community, Chicago," unpublished documents
prepared by research committee, University of Chicago,
various dates.
Kerfoot, Samuel H. " History of Lake View ," ms. at Chicago
Historical Society, ca. 1895.
"Lake View." Daily News , 8 July 1929.
Lane, George A. Chicago Churches & Synagogues . Chicago: Loyola
Univ. Press, 1981.
Mayer, Harold M. , and Wade, Richard C. Chicago: Growth of a
Metropolis . Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1969.
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The Ravenswood News . 19 20 May 1931, 12 May 1937.
Ravenswood One of the First Subdivisions. Chicago Tribune,
6 Oct. 1929.
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Zatterberg, Helen. An Historical Ske t ch of Ravenswood and Lake
View . Chicago: Ravenswood-Lake View Historical Association,
1941.
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United States Department of the Interior
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Continuation Sheet
Section number 10 Page 1 J ,,. ^ . „.„..«.
East Ravenswood Historic District
VERBAL BOUNDARY DESCRIPTION
The East Ravenswood Historic District is situated within the city
limits of Chicago, about six miles north of the loop business
district. Beginning at a point approximately one hundred feel west
of the western edge of Southport Street even with the eastern
boundary of 1338 Irving Park at the centerline of Irving Park road
proceed east along the centerline of Ashland Avenue. Go north
approximately 165 feet to the southern boundary of 4010 North
Ashland and proceed west to the east boundary of 1612 Irving Park
Road, then south to the centerline of Irving Park Rd. Proceed west
to the centerline of the alley on the east boundary of 1614 Irving
Park, then north approximately 185 feet to the southern boundary
of 4015 Paulina and follow that west to the centerline of Paulina
Street and then south to the centerline of Irving Park Rd. Proceed
west on Irving Park Road to the centerline of East Ravenswood and
then north on East Ravenswood to the centerline of Montrose.
Proceed East on Montrose approximately 210 feet to the centerline
of the alley behind 4401 East Ravenswood, then north on the
centerline of the alley to a point approximately 37 feet south of
the southern boundary of Sunnyside. Proceed west along the
southern boundary of 1763 Sunnyside approximately 75 feet to that
property's eastern boundary, then north to the centerline of
Sunnyside and west to the centerline of the alley behind 4500 North
Ravenswood. From that point proceed north on the centerline of the
alley to a point approximately 65 feet south of the southern
boundary of Lawrence Avenue. Proceed west along the northern
boundary of 4750 Hermitage and continue west across Hermitage
following the northern boundaries of the property at 4751
Hermitage, west across the alley and following the northern
boundary of 4752 Paulina to the centerline of Paulina. From that
point proceed north approximately 100 feet to the centerline of
Lawrence Avenue and west along the centerline to the centerline of
Ashland. Proceed south along Ashland to the centerline of Leland
and then east along the centerline of Leland to a point even with
the east boundary of the property at 1505 Leland. Proceed south
along that boundary approximately 75 feet to the southern boundary
of 1505-11 Leland, then west along that boundary to the centerline
of Greenview. Proceed south approximately 55 feet to a point even
with the southern boundary of 1521 Leland, and then west along the
southern boundaries of the properties at 1521-35 Leland to the west
boundary of 1535 Leland. Proceed south following the eastern
boundaries of the properties at 4643-15 Ashland approximately 350
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feet to the centerline of the alley at the rear of 1518 Wilson,
then proceed east along the centerline of the alley to a point even
with the eastern boundary of 1502 Wilson. Proceed south along that
boundary to the centerline of Wilson, then east along the
centerline of Wilson to the centerline of Clark. Proceed south
along the centerline of Clark to the centerline of Sunnyside, then
west along the centerline of Sunnyside to the centerline of the
alley behind 4456 Clark and south along the centerline of the alley
to a point even with the southern boundary of 4450-56 Clark.
Proceed east along this boundary to the centerline of Clark, then
southeast along the centerline of Clark to the centerline of
Montrose, and west along the centerline of Montrose to a point even
with the western boundary of 14 3 9 Montrose. Proceed south along
this boundary approximately 160 feet to centerline of the alley at
the south of 1439 Montrose, then east along the centerline of the
alley to the centerline of Clark. Proceed southeast along the
centerline of Clark to the centerline of Southport, then south
along the centerline of Southport to the centerline of Warner and
west along the centerline of Southport to a point even with the
western boundary of 1401 Warner. Proceed south along this boundary
to the centerline of the alley at the rear of 1401 Warner, then
east along the centerline of the alley to the centerline of
Southport. Proceed south along the centerline of Southport to the
centerline of Belle Plaine, then northeast along the centerline of
Belle Plaine approximately 125 feet to a point even with the
eastern boundary of 4057 Southport. Proceed south along the
eastern boundaries of the properties at 4001-4057 Southport to the
centerline of Irving Park Road.
BOUNDARY JUSTIFICATION
The East Ravenswood Historic District is a cohesive collection of
late 19th and early 20th century history properties that represents
the development of an early suburb of Chicago into a self-contained
neighborhood of the city. The north portion of the district, from
Montrose to Lawrence, comprises most of the original 1868 sub-
division plot. The southern portion, from Montrose to Irving Park,
is comprised mostly of early additions. The original and early
subdivision maps were used as a base, and compared with the
existing building stock as it represents historic themes. A review
of integrity, condition of buildings and visual cohesion determined
the final boundaries. East Ravenswood Street was chosen as the
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western boundary since the area to the east is generally older and
more significant, and retains better integrity. To the west,
visual cohesion and integrity drop off.
UTM References
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9. Major Bibliographical References
See continuation sheets
Previous documentation on tile (NPS):
□ preliminary determination of Individual listing (38 CFR 67)
has been requested
previously listed In the National Register
previously determined eligible by the National Register
designated a National Historic Landmark
recorded by Historic American Buildings
Survey # .
□ recorded by Historic American Engineering
Record #
10. Geographical Data
QSee continuation sheet
Primary location of additional data:
□ State historic preservation office
□ Other Stats agency
□ Federal agency
|T Local government
I I University
□ other
Specify repository:
Acreage of property Approximately 247
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Boundary Justification
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11. Form Prepared By
name/title Susan Baldwin
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Consultant
organization Continental Inv pstment Group
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jet. of n. Oak and e. center sts.. searcy. 9/05/91. 91001203 (whi te county mps)
Patroan House , jet . of Mountain and jackson Sts., pangburn. 9/05/91. 91001292 (white county MPS)
Pemberton House . 601 n. Cypress St.. Beebe, 9/05/91. 91001255 (white County MPS)
Powel I clothing store , 201 n. Main St.. Beebe. 9/05/91. 91001249 (white County MPS)
Rober tson House , jct.of 2nd and Dandr i dge sts.. Kensett. 9/05/91. 91001221 (whi te county MPS)
Rodgers. Porter, sr . . House , jet, of n. Oak and E. Race sts.. Searcy. 9/05/91. 91001230 (white
Street. MCRae . 9/05/91. 91001346 (white county MPS)
jet. of cum and Race sts.. searcy, 9/05/91. 91001227 (white county MPS)
sel lers House . 702 w. center St.. Beebe. 9/05/91, 91001261 (whi te county mps)
shue House . 108 Holly St.. Beebe. 9/05/91, 91001257 (white county MPS)
Shutter, lohn. House , jet. of Austin and Main sts., pangburn. 9/05/91. 91001299 (whit'
smi th House . 607 w. Arch Ave., searcy, 9/05/91. 9100121s (white county mps)
smi th, a. i. . House , ar 385. cr i f f i thvi I ie. 9/05/91. 91001223 (whi te county MPS)
Snipes, pr. Emroett, House , jet. of E. Market and N. locust Sts.. searcy. 9/05/9
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;. Center St.. Searcy. 9/05/91, 91001240 (white County MPS)
House , jet. of wade and 14th sts., (udsonia. 9/05/91. 91001233 (white County MPS)
ward--stout House . jet. of Front and walnut sts.. Bradford. 9/05/91. 91001313 (white county mps)
watkins House . 1208 e. Race St.. searcy. 9/05/91. 91001182 (white county mps)
Tom, House , jet . of Oak and Race Sts.. Searcy. 9/05/91. 91001183 (whi te county MPS)
Weber House . Elm St., Russell. 9/05/91. 91001272 (white county mps)
wi Iburn House . 707 E. Race St.. searcy. 9/05/91, 91001177 (white County mps)
woodson. Arthur w., House . 1005 w, ArchAve.. Searcy, 9/05/91, 91001211 (whi te County mps)
House . 1007 w. Arch Ave., searcy, 9/05/91. 91001212 (white county mps)
ght , Avanel l , House , jet. of Main and Pine sts., pangburn, 9/05/91. 91001291 (white county mps)
Mm, Farmstead Hi stor ic Pi str ict . AR 258 E of jet. with ar 323. Bald Knob vicinity, 9/05/91,
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CALIFORNIA. HUMBOLDT COUNTY , Trinidad Head Light station
stations of California mps)
California, marin county. Point Bon i t a Light station . Point Bonita. sausa
cal i forn i a mps)
California, marin county. Point Reyes Light station . Point Reyes National seashore. Point Reyes
(Light stations of California MPS)
California, mendocino county. Point cabrillo Light station , 45300 Lighthouse Rd . . Caspar
stations of California mps)
California, monterey county, point sur Light Stat i on . Morro Rock on Point sur
91001097 (Light stations of California mps)
California, san franc isco county. Yerba Buena island Lighthouse . Yerba Buena island
91001096 (Light stations of California MPS)
California, san luis OBISPO county, Piedras Blancas Light station , ca 1 on Point Piedras Blancas san Simeon vicinity
9/03/91. 91001095 (Light stations of California mps)
California, san luis OBISPO county. San mis Obispo Light station , point san Luis,
(Light stations of California MPS)
California, san mateo ccunty , point Montara Light stat ion , jct.,of 16th St. and ca
cinity. 9/03/91. 91001098 (Light
9/03/91. 91001099 (Light stations of
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California, ventura county. Anacapa island Light station . Anacapa island. Channel islands National Park oxnard
9/03/91. 91001101 (Light stations of California MPS)
Connecticut, new london county. Lamb Homestead . 47 Lambtown Rd . , Ledyard. 9/03/91.
FLORIDA. JEFFERSON COUNTY. Lloyd Histor ic District . Roughly, Main St. N of Bond St.
91001374
GEORGIA. OGLETHORPE COUNTY, Watson Mi 1 I covered Bridge and Mill Historic District .
Park, comer vicinity, 9/05/91. 91001147
Illinois, COOK COUNTY, East Ravenswood Historic District . Roughly bounded by Lawrence Ave., Clark St.. Irving park Rd. and
Ravenswood St.. Chicago. 9/03/91. 91001364
IOWA, henry county. Budde--Si nger 8ui Idinq . 1 10 N. . Main. , Mount Pleasant. 9/06/91. 91001112 (Mount Pleasant MPS)
iowa. henry county, city Ha 1 1 . 220 w. Monroe. Mount Pleasant. 9/06/91, 91001120 (Mount Pleasant MPS)
iowa. henry county. First Nat ional sank . 101 s. Jefferson, Mount Pleasant. 9/06/91, 91001118 (Mount Pleasant mps)
iowa. henry county. Henry county Savings Bank . 100 s. Main, Mount pleasant, 9/06/91, 91001116 (Mount Pleasant MPS)
iowa. henry county. Loui sa Bui Idinq . 120 s. Main, Mount Pleasant. 9/06/91. 91001117 (Mount Pleasant mps)
iowa. henry county. Masonic Temple Theater . 115 n. Main. Mount Pleasant, 9/06/91. 91001119 (Mount pleasant mps)
iowa. henry county, Mas ters Bui Idinq . 221 w. Monroe, Mount Pleasant, 9/06/91. 91001121 (Mount Pleasant mps)
iowa, henry county. Mccandless Bui Idinq . 115 w. Monroe, Mount Pleasant. 9/06/91, 91001m (Mount Pleasant MPS)
iowa. henry county. Nat ional state Bank . 101 w. Monroe. Mount Pleasant. 9/06/91, 91001115 (Mount Pleasant MPS)
IOWA, henry county, Timmertnan--Burd Building . 118 s. Main. Mount Pleasant, 9/06/91, 91001 1 13 (Mount Pleasant MPS)
iowa, henry county, union Block . 109—113 w. Monroe, Mount Pleasant. 9/06/91. 91001110 (Mount Pleasant mps)
iowa. henry county, zuhn Bu i I d i nq . 201 E. Monroe, Mount pleasant. 9/06/91, 91001114 (Mount Pleasant mps)
Kansas, rooks county. Thomas Barn , ne of woodston. near Osborne co. line, woodston vicinity, 9/06/91. 91001104
Massachusetts. ESSEX county. Nahant civic Historic District , 332 and 334 Nahant Rd . and 15 Pleasant St.. Nahant 9/03/91
91001 174
Missouri. ST. LOuis independent city. Fulton Bag company Building . 612--6I8 s. seventh St.
9/05/91 .
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1001372
Montana, ravalli county. Fi rst Bapt ist church . 402 Church, stevensv
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